Articles with the Tag: Fire
News from Ronan City Fire Department RONAN – New thermal imaging cameras and replacement tanks for breathing apparatuses will soon be utilized thanks to the $15,000 the Ronan Rural Fire District and the City of Ronan Volunteer Fire Department were awarded by Town Pump’s Charitable Foundation...
News from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes PABLO — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) - Fuels Program are planning a prescribed burn on 400 timbered acres within the Elk Creek Drainage of the National Bison Range Refuge. Thi...
On the heels of Wildfire Awareness Month (observed in May) fire officials urge landowners to follow safe burning practices. Escaped debris burns are the leading human cause of wildfires. A burn pile is less likely to escape control if these simple safety tips are followed: • Know the weather fo...
RONAN – Thousands of feet above an open field a group of anxious firefighters sat in a Twin Otter aircraft waiting for their turn to jump. Missoula Smokejumpers were training the rookies. “This is their first jump,” said Kurt Rohrbach, veteran smokejumper, as he stood on the ground last ...
JETTE — A 1.2-million- board-feet logging project is finishing up in the Jette Lake area. Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes’ Department of Forestry Division Manager Steve McDonald said the project started a year ago. Only tree thinning and burning of wood debris piles remains to be done....
News from Montana State University BOZEMAN – A Montana State University graduate student researching the ecological past of Montana’s Flathead Reservation has been awarded a prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship to support his work. Matthew Weingart, a first...
News from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes PABLO — At the request of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, 10 CSKT Tribal Fire Control employees will implement a federal fire prevention plan at the National Bison Range. The three-year plan is part of a Department of the Interio...
POLSON – In the first annual Polson Rural District firefighter recognition banquet last Saturday night, fire chief Paul Laisy gave high praise and gratitude for the rural firefighters and the many hours of volunteer time they put in to the department and district. In 2016, the first fu...
News from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes FLATHEAD RESERVATION — Spring open burning season is here. You do not need a burn permit until May 1. Burning is a great way to clear dead vegetation and clean up. Before you light your piles or grass this spring, take the necessary precauti...
RONAN — A home on Canal Road in Ronan went up in smoke on Wednesday, March 15. The white plume of smoke in the tree line looked much like a controlled burn from town. “We were puzzled by that, too,” Fire Chief Mark Clary said. “But it depends on what materials are burning.&rdquo...
